Map of Co. Cork, where she lived. She left Ireland from Cobh.
Name: Mary Margaret Hoagan (Married Name: Murphy)
Mother: Anne Cotter
Father: Michael Hoagan
Husband: Thomas Murphy (met in US, he was Irish-American)
When: on boat: May 1st, 1926 Born: Jan 17th 1906 Died: April 16th, 1989 Reason: poor farmer, need money, glory for her and family
Once she got there, she sent money home to her parents until they died.
Work In US: she was a maid, then a lunch lady and then worked at an electrical company
Traveled: with her sister on a ship called the SS Thuringia
When she got to the US, she wrote a postcard back
Picture of Mary Horgan's Family
to her mother in Ireland saying: Dear Mother,
Just a line getting on very well. Got through today for dinnner, just got a little doing off good. Bye with best love from, Katie (her sister) and Mary
ON ANCESTOR ROOTS WEBSITE:1 - Cornelius & J. Leary 20
2 - Maurice & William Callahan 30 3 - Denis Duggan & J. Callahan 37
4 - Cornelius Sullivan 14 5 - Mary Horgan 3 (the 3 means she had three acres)
6 - John Murphy 4
7 - Mr. John Counell 320
All info was gotten from my mom, Patricia Franco, because she lived with my great grandmother for a large portion of her childhood and early adult life.
Great Pictures of the SS Thuringia: http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=haaml
Deck of the S.S.Thruingia, the ship on which she immigrated
Name: Mary Margaret Hoagan (Married Name: Murphy)
Mother: Anne Cotter
Father: Michael Hoagan
Husband: Thomas Murphy (met in US, he was Irish-American)
When: on boat: May 1st, 1926 Born: Jan 17th 1906 Died: April 16th, 1989 Reason: poor farmer, need money, glory for her and family
Once she got there, she sent money home to her parents until they died.
Work In US: she was a maid, then a lunch lady and then worked at an electrical company
Traveled: with her sister on a ship called the SS Thuringia
When she got to the US, she wrote a postcard back
Dear Mother,
Just a line getting on very well. Got through today for dinnner, just got a little doing off good. Bye with best love from, Katie (her sister) and Mary
ON ANCESTOR ROOTS WEBSITE:1 - Cornelius & J. Leary 20
2 - Maurice & William Callahan 30 3 - Denis Duggan & J. Callahan 37
4 - Cornelius Sullivan 14
5 - Mary Horgan 3 (the 3 means she had three acres)
6 - John Murphy 4
7 - Mr. John Counell 320
All info was gotten from my mom, Patricia Franco, because she lived with my great grandmother for a large portion of her childhood and early adult life.
Great Pictures of the SS Thuringia: http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=haaml